ladle
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You cannot bail out the Titanic with a soup ladle.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 25, 2026
The championships are considered a major cultural event in the Netherlands, even featuring special postage stamps with the logo of a ladle and potato masher.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
The movie purports to dip into the deep well of Shakespearean magnificence but emerges only with a ladle full of greasy schmaltz.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 27, 2025
When the rice kernels seem tender and you’ve added all of the cheese and butter, use a ladle to serve risotto in a large bowl or plate.
From Salon ● Feb. 14, 2025
I take a ladle full, then spit it out.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
Here in Chicago, every coffee shop worth its salt now ladles out some steaming permutation of oat mush with a swirl of tahini or jam, SQIRL-style.
From Salon ● Nov. 13, 2025
Inside, workers dipped ladles into buckets filled with soup that they poured into Styrofoam containers stuffed with rice to distribute to Haitians who have lost homes to gang violence.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 15, 2024
In it, nutty-tasting farro is given the risotto treatment, cooked gradually in ladles full of hot broth until it is enveloped in creaminess, and the grain is tender but retains its enticing chew.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2022
It’s womb-like and astral, and Lustwerk’s talk-raps, which he casually ladles throughout, are like reassuring commands.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
She ladles lemonade into a plastic bottle, spilling some in her haste.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
Many remain convinced a tsunami could yet strike, he said, as government aid workers ladled rice porridge into bowls for the evacuees.
From Barron's ● Jun. 19, 2026
President ladled his usual flattery on Mr. Xi as a “great” and “powerful” leader, and said the two are now fast friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Its pink-and-green neon parrot sign lit the way to some of the most satisfying chili cheese fries I’ve ever eaten: crinkle-cut potatoes, sheeny Velveeta-yellow cheese sauce, chili ladled from a mini-crockpot in the back.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2025
Then they ladled the liquid into small cups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
Mrs. Hathaway ladled quick spoons of soup into their bowls.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
Before serving, cover and turn off the heat and allow to rest a bit before reheating to desired temperature before ladling into bowls.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2024
Serra had created it by splashing and ladling a pot of molten lead against the base of the wall.
From New York Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
The women, ladling out stew and potatoes with frozen hands, scoffed at the idea that the police could stop the crossings.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2023
No gently ladling in broth over and over again.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 18, 2023
A short time later, he lugs a great cauldron into the room and begins ladling soup into cracked earthenware bowls.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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